Trump says he will sign an executive order ending automatic citizenship for children of “illegal aliens” in his second term. Experts agree that’s unconstitutional.
President-elect Donald Trump has proposed sweeping changes to the federal government during his second term in office.
His plans to tackle immigration include creating “the largest mass deportation program in history” and reinstating first-term policies, such as “Remain in Mexico,” limiting migrants on public health grounds and severely limiting or banning entrants from certain majority-Muslim nations.
In addition to those proposals, many people on social media claim Trump will sign an executive order to end birthright citizenship — a right granted by constitutional amendment that guarantees citizenship to all children born on U.S. soil, regardless of their parents’ immigration status — on his first day in office.
“As part of my plan to secure the border, on day one of my new term in office, I will sign an executive order making clear to …